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A6 Seniors Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, June 21, 2017 G RANT C OUNTY S ENIORS John Day Seniors Nicky Essex Well, the rain is getting warmer, the promise of sum- mer is showing up in some of my strawberries and flowers. I am grateful for pretty good health for the shape I’m in. How about you? On Monday, June 12, Merry Henry and Dave Pasco were at the greeting desk. The Luther- an Church group were here to serve us. Buzz and Bobbie Gilmore and Betty Holznagel did the table service. Prior to that, Buzz and Bobbie did take- outs in John Day and Canyon City while Michael Hagopian and Rodney Bruser from Step Forward covered the Mt. Ver- non route. Total regular meals delivered for both routes were 27, and total frozen meals were 40. Wow. Think of the nourish- ment the shut-ins and disabled folks are enjoying. Our flag salute was led by Margie Conley, and Dale Stin- nett gave the blessing on our meal. The drawings went to Nadine Smith, who won the free meal and Bobbie Gilmore, who won the Len’s Drug gift certificate. We dined on Polish sausage and sauerkraut, baked corn cas- serole — yum, ambrosia salad and peanut butter cookies for dessert to celebrate “National Peanut Butter Cookie Day.” We served 24 diners, including spe- cial visitors from Lincoln City, Rod and Marla Kaufman, cel- ebrating their 47th anniversary. On Thursday, June 15, Jea- nette Julsrud and Dave Pasco greeted our friends for our spe- cial Father’s Day Dinner. Our servers came from the Meth- odist Church, including Den- nis and Linda Dickinson, Ira Larkin, Louise Nelson, Marie Conley and Alva Conley. Jean Willey did the table setup. Earlier, Dennis and Linda Dickinson delivered meals to the John Day and Canyon City route while Amber, Rodney and Dolores from Step Forward took the Mt. Vernon route. Thank you all for delivering 40 meals in all. Margie Conley led us in the flag salute, and Dale Stennett led us in the prayer for our meal and our leaders. Winning our regular draw- ings were Maria Strawn, who won the Valley View meal, and Tom Roark, who won the Chester’s Thriftway gift certif- icate. We then had many draw- ings for oldest dad, youngest dad, most kids, most grandkids and great-grandkids. Then we made up some, so, I think most men won something. Leone and Bob Meador from Prairie City joined us. We dined on beef tips with peppers and onions, garden veggie pilaf, dinner rolls and a wonderful green salad do- nated by Lake Creek Camp. In honor of our dads, we all enjoyed rootbeer floats and fudge. Our entrée was provid- ed by Nydams Ace Hardware. Thanks so much. Don’t forget. Shay is looking for help during the eclipse, during the brunch each day. Please call him for more information. Thursday, June 22, we’ll have Mexican Hat Dance Spuds (potato bar). Monday, June 26, we’ll have mushroom Parmesan chicken in sauce. Don’t forget, we play bingo every Thursday after lunch, beginning at 1 p.m. Romans 1:16 “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.” Monument Seniors Soo Yukawa They’re back. The thorns in my side are back. I don’t know how they found their way home, and yes, all five of the goats returned. A neighbor let us know they were heading our way. Grrrr. I must have jinxed it when I was talking about them the previous day. My hubby says they are all go- ing to be taken to be sold. Anyone want to buy a goat or goats? Our diligent cooks Ter- ry Cade and Carrie Jewell made us some hearty meat loaf, cheesy potatoes, green beans, biscuits and lime Jello cooler cake for dessert. We had a yummy feast. There were 44 lunches served and six takeouts. Our greeters were Bob Blakeslee, Bodean Anders- en, Jimmy Cole and Marva Walker. Bob led us in the flag salute. Bodean made the announcements and prayed the blessing over our meal. Jimmy and Marva collected and counted the money. Here are a few announce- ments you might want to jot down on your calendar. There will be no lunch served on July 4, so please don’t show up because you won’t be getting any meals that day. Bingo night will be on June 24 this month with a potluck dinner to share. It starts at 6 p.m. Bingo will also be held on July 4. This bingo time will be- gin at 6:30 p.m. but no din- ner. Hope you got that and are not confused. Read it again to make sure. Ha. Well, I got that dreaded cold that I thought I was successfully avoiding. It hit me hard. It started off by a sore throat that progressed to a nasty, stuffy, congested head cold, I think I used up almost two boxes of Kleen- ex. The most awful part of it was feeling so tired and run down. I hope that the worst part is over and that I’m on the road to recovery. At the very least, I was able to can some strawberry jam and strawberry rhubarb jam before being completely bedridden. Bruce Hansen from Sau- vie Island brought a bunch of fresh strawberry flats for some of us folks down here. Thank you so much, Bruce, and we all appreciate you driving all the way over here to bring them, your time and friendship. I will save you a jar. I found this recipe from this lady blogger I follow. I cut the sugar down just a bit from hers, and she cut her sugar down from her grand- ma’s recipe. It turned out quite well. My kids loved it. One hint she wrote that I have never heard of was putting a tablespoon of butter to keep the foam down. It really worked. There was just a little bit of foam, and I didn’t have it boil over like usual. I got some pints and some jelly jars, in all 30 jars altogeth- er. I think cherry jam will be next. Habakkuk 2:1 “I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and I will watch and see what He will say unto me, and what shall I answer when I am re- proved.” Prairie City Seniors Rose Coombs The “food for thought” for Father’s Day: a great fa- ther is he who does not lose his child’s heart. (Mencius – whoever he is.) Anyway, it is a good thought. Buzz’s hens are produc- ing, so you could get a dozen of their eggs for a $2 dona- tion to the center. Since I’ll have another egg-eater in the house soon, I got a dozen. You just never know what will be available here. Andie Moles from Bank of Eastern Oregon presented in- formation about the new crop of phone scams making the rounds. The simple thing to do is just hang up when the caller starts asking for personal infor- mation. Another case of “don’t believe everything you hear.” Del Lake led the flag salute, and Jack Retherford asked the blessing. Our faithful four did the home deliveries. There were 61 names on the book. Marnie Mediger brought Wan- da Madsen. Another visitor was Cheryl Berry. Good to see you all. Ginger Kendall was the winner of the $5 in trade donat- ed by Prairie Hardware & Gifts. Our Father’s Day meal had orange juice, scalloped potatoes, ham with pineapple sauce and cottage cheese with pineapple and a cherry cob- bler with ice cream for dessert. Mmm, good. So, I finally got the sand and potting soil with fertilizer mixed into the soil in my garden bed and managed to get the seeds in the ground on Flag Day. I get tickled reading the seed package notice about last and earliest frosts in our area. Some years those dates are the same. As I’ve said be- fore, July 4 does not guarantee a summer-like day. My dear mother-in-law planted peppers in her garden back in the ’70s and then took a vacation to Calgary in July. We were sup- posed to tend to the garden. But a frost came, and that was the end of the peppers. And I know a lot of you remember the time that it snowed on the Fourth of July parade. Which is why you always take a jacket when you leave the house, no matter what the calendar says. We made another trip to Bend to see medical profession- als. Derrol’s knee had to have some attention. They tried an injection, but that didn’t work. So now have a knee brace that seems to be keeping the pain in check. Hooray. Then we were supposed to see the shoulder doctor in the late afternoon – in the Old Mill district. But the knee man called the shoulder man and got us moved up to late morning. PTL. So we had two hours to find the place. Took us an hour and a half. And that was only be- cause we finally stopped and asked a workman (who was also from out of town) for help. He, naturally, whipped out his smartphone and got us on the right path. PTL again. And the doctor decided that the problem is either a torn rotator cuff or torn tendon. So have to have a special CT scan in order to determine what the next step will be. Hoping that the scan will be on the east side of Bend. We were certainly glad to be heading east after lunch instead of after supper. And don’t you know, the farther east you get, the lower the blood pressure. Ps. 103:11, 12: “… so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.” Church Services In Grant County Come Worship with us at